diff --git a/.github/workflows/central_code_quality_check.yml b/.github/workflows/central_code_quality_check.yml
index b5be702112c..3c8ca4c4df9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/central_code_quality_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/central_code_quality_check.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,25 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
       - main
+      - "!update-pycloud-in-**"      
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docker-jans-**/CHANGELOG.md'
+      - 'docker-jans-**/version.txt'
+      - 'jans-pycloudlib/CHANGELOG.md'
+      - 'jans-pycloudlib/jans/pycloudlib/version.py'
+      - '**.md'
+
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
       - main
+      - "!update-pycloud-in-**"      
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docker-jans-**/CHANGELOG.md'
+      - 'docker-jans-**/version.txt'
+      - 'jans-pycloudlib/CHANGELOG.md'
+      - 'jans-pycloudlib/jans/pycloudlib/version.py'
+      - '**.md'
   workflow_dispatch:
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -30,15 +45,6 @@ jobs:
       NON_JVM_PROJECTS: |
         JanssenProject/jans-setup
         JanssenProject/jans-cli
-        JanssenProject/docker-jans-persistence-loader
-        JanssenProject/docker-jans-client-api
-        JanssenProject/jans-pycloudlib
-        JanssenProject/docker-jans-auth-server
-        JanssenProject/docker-jans-fido2
-        JanssenProject/docker-jans-scim
-        JanssenProject/docker-jans-config-api
-        JanssenProject/docker-jans-certmanager
-        JanssenProject/docker-jans-configuration-manager
         JanssenProject/jans-cloud-native
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -48,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up JDK 11
         # JanssenProject/jans-cli is too similar to JanssenProject/jans-client-api as the contains function is returning it belonging to the JVM_PROJECT
         if: contains(env.JVM_PROJECTS, github.repository) && github.repository != 'JanssenProject/jans-cli'
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v2.3.1
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2.5.0
         with:
           java-version: '11'
           distribution: 'adopt'
@@ -56,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Cache SonarCloud packages for JVM based project
         # JanssenProject/jans-cli is too similar to JanssenProject/jans-client-api as the contains function is returning it belonging to the JVM_PROJECT
         if: contains(env.JVM_PROJECTS, github.repository) && github.repository != 'JanssenProject/jans-cli'
-        uses: actions/cache@v2.1.6
+        uses: actions/cache@v2.1.7
         with:
           path: ~/.sonar/cache
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
diff --git a/.github/workflows/commit-check.yml b/.github/workflows/commit-check.yml
index c92c69e1d8d..a84897dfce9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commit-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commit-check.yml
@@ -3,18 +3,39 @@
 name: 'Commit Message Check'
 on:
   pull_request:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - "update-pycloud-in-**"
     types:
       - opened
       - edited
       - reopened
       - synchronize
+    paths:
+      - "!docker-jans-**/CHANGELOG.md"
+      - "!docker-jans-**/version.txt"
+      - "!jans-pycloudlib/CHANGELOG.md"
+      - "!jans-pycloudlib/jans/pycloudlib/version.py"
   pull_request_target:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - "update-pycloud-in-**"
     types:
       - opened
       - edited
       - reopened
       - synchronize
+    paths:
+      - "!docker-jans-**/CHANGELOG.md"
+      - "!docker-jans-**/version.txt"
+      - "!jans-pycloudlib/CHANGELOG.md"
+      - "!jans-pycloudlib/jans/pycloudlib/version.py"
   push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - "update-pycloud-in-**"
+    paths:
+      - "!docker-jans-**/CHANGELOG.md"
+      - "!docker-jans-**/version.txt"
+      - "!jans-pycloudlib/CHANGELOG.md"
+      - "!jans-pycloudlib/jans/pycloudlib/version.py"
 
 jobs:
   check-commit-message:
@@ -27,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
           # We need to fetch with a depth of 2 for pull_request so we can do HEAD^2
           fetch-depth: 2
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2.4.1
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2.5.0
         with:
           node-version: 14
       - run: |